page_title: Princeton High School (North Carolina)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Princeton High School (North Carolina) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Princeton School in Johnston County, NC circa 1930. Taken from the front of the school along what is now Dr. Donnie H. Jones, Jr. Blvd. School was demolished in 1998 after a new school was built around it.
context_page_description: Princeton High School
  is a public high school located in Princeton, North Carolina, United States. It serves grades 6–12 and is part of the Johnston County School District. Princeton High School has 1,465 students. Princeton Elementary School, grades K–5, located a few miles away, became a separate school at the start of the 2008–2009 school year.
context_section_description: The first graduating class came in 1923 and consisted of four girls and one boy.  Miss Myrtle Nicholson served as the principal for two school years, 1921–1922 and 1922–1923.  Following Miss Nicholson's departure came M.P. Young.  Young became the second official principal in 1924, and had previously served as a teacher at the school.  In 1925, when the school was officially accredited by the state of North Carolina, there were forty-five students.  The current building stands in front of where the original once stood.  The old building was demolished in 1998.
caption: Old Princeton School, circa 1930, taken along what is Dr. Donnie H. Jones, Jr. Blvd. today
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